Lan Yuqiao vaguely understood what Zhuona wanted to do.
If Qu Li died in that competition with the high priest, it could only be because she was inferior in skills and died of poison!
She was actually a little excited, her heart was beating very fast, and she couldn't suppress the smile between her eyebrows and eyes.
"Mom, how do we deal with those people outside?"
"Pretend not to hear!"
"Is this okay?" Lan Yuqiao frowned.
"It's nothing good or bad, they're just some lowlifes! Don't take it too seriously."
To Zhuona's surprise, more and more people gathered outside the Lan Mansion, and everyone was shouting, "If you want to punish Lan Yufeng, show your sincerity."
The noise was getting louder and louder, making Zhuona's head hurt.
With the instigation of the people arranged by Chang Sun Wu, the people even took stones and rotten eggs and smashed them on the gate of the Lan Mansion.
“Get out of the way!”
A very fat woman was carrying a dirty wooden barrel, and the smell was very touching wherever she passed.
The people all moved to the sides, and the fat woman poured a bucket of feces soup on the door of the mansion. The yellow-brown liquid slid down the door nails little by little, which was the greatest humiliation to the Lan family.
When Lan Yuqiao heard the butler's report, the gloom on his face quickly dissipated.
"These lowly people, just making a fuss is enough, but they even threw feces! If we don't deal with them, do they really think that the Lan family has no one and is easy to bully?"
She had long forgotten Zhuona's instructions and only wished that all these troublemakers could be arrested and thrown into jail!
After giving the housekeeper a few instructions, the housekeeper went to the back door and planned to invite the officials over.
As soon as the back door opened, a rotten egg was thrown at him.
The stench made his stomach churn violently.
"The Lan family is open!"
"They're trying to get help. They're not really apologizing!"
"Go in!"
There were too many people, and no one knew who suddenly shouted those words, and the angry people rushed forward.
The housekeeper was covered in rotten eggs and vegetable leaves. He covered his head with his hands and ran inside for his life.
The people rushed in and he fell to the ground. His arms and legs were stepped on several times and he cried out in pain.
"The ancestral hall is over there!"
The leader pointed to the ancestral hall in the north, and those people, blinded by anger, swarmed towards the ancestral hall in the north.
In the ancestral hall, Lan Yufeng's heart sank when he heard the angry footsteps.
Someone rushed in, staring with a pair of scarlet eyes full of anger, and shouted loudly: "Lan Yufeng is here!"
"He's wronged these daughters of our family. What's the point of kneeling to the ancestors of the Lan family?"
"Drag him out and make him kneel before my daughter's tablet!"
…
Every sound and every sentence made "Lan Yufeng" feel great fear.
He stood up suddenly, his body shaking like a sieve.
The people were stunned.
"Isn't he a cripple? How come he can stand up all of a sudden?"
"They must be deliberately trying to frame Master Changsun!"
"Old Prime Minister Changsun has been protecting us common people for years, but the Lan family has been bullying innocent people like us at will. The Lan family is deliberately targeting the old prime minister!"
"The Lan family is so wicked!"
…
When Zhuona arrived at the door of the ancestral hall accompanied by Lan Yuqiao, she heard these words.
Her vision went dark. If Lan Yuqiao hadn't held her tightly, she would have fallen to the ground in a mess.
"Didn't I tell you to ignore those untouchables?"
Zhuona shouted, disappointment in her eyes.
She thought that her daughter would be the one at the helm of the Lan family, would remain calm at all times, and would safeguard the safety and prosperity of the Lan family. Unexpectedly, she actually did such a brainless thing!
"Mom, I heard that those untouchables actually threw feces on the gate of the mansion!"
“Snap—”
Lan Yuqiao's face was knocked to one side by the powerful slap.
There was disbelief in her eyes.
She was clearly protecting the Lan family, so why was she beaten?
"The Lan family is under siege. The High Priest's eyes and ears are everywhere in this imperial city. Do you think the High Priest will just sit back and do nothing?"
Lan Yuqiao opened his mouth.
Perhaps the high priest would care about the life and death of the Lan family in the past, but since Qu Li came to Xiling, the high priest's actions have become more and more disappointing.
She even felt that the high priest had not sent anyone to rescue the Lan family because Qu Li was obstructing him.
Zhuona had experienced more than Lan Yuqiao had walked, and she saw through her thoughts at a glance.
"The High Priest was indeed deceived by Qu Li, but he absolutely cannot allow the entire Imperial City to fall into chaos! You are the future head of the Lan family, you must always stay sober and weigh the pros and cons!"
Lan Yuqiao was feeling extremely aggrieved now. Her eyes were red as she looked at her resentfully: "Then tell me, mother, what should I do now?"
Those untouchables were like lit firecrackers. Since they had rushed into the Lan Mansion, they could not be easily dismissed.
Zhuona's forehead was throbbing violently at this moment. It felt like there was a string in her head, constantly stretching, getting tighter and tighter, and could break at any time.
"We can only sacrifice Yufeng!"
Lan Yuqiao looked at her in astonishment, as if he couldn't believe that these words came out of her mouth.
"Mom, if I make a mistake one day, will you push me out without hesitation?"
The disappointment on Zhuona's face became even more intense. "It's already this late, and you're still asking such a childish question?"
"So, the answer is you do, right?"
"Let's solve the problem at hand first!" Zhuona took deep breaths repeatedly, trying to calm herself down.
The noisy people looked at Zhuona who was approaching them, and the hatred in their eyes could not be concealed.
"Mrs. Lan, since you've realized that you've failed to educate your son properly, causing Lan Yufeng to kill so many innocent people, then show your sincerity."
Zhuona's deep gaze lingered on the face of the person who spoke for a moment.
Judging from his temperament, this person doesn't look like an ordinary ignorant citizen at all.
She narrowed her eyes dangerously, hatred and murderous intent intertwined, as if she wanted to tear the person in front of her into pieces.
"What do you think constitutes sincerity?" Zhuona asked loudly, "Yufeng was wrong, but isn't throwing feces wrong for you?"
The man who had just spoken, seeing the people speechless from the powerful aura emanating from Zhuona, immediately retorted, "Which do you think is worse, throwing feces or killing people?"
This question seemed to have injected new strength and courage into the people who had the idea that "the people should not fight against the officials" deeply rooted in their minds.
They were silent but became furious again, wishing they could skin Zhuona alive.
Zhuona was pushed and staggered several times.
At this moment, the high priest appeared before everyone.
Zhuona was like a drowning person who had found a lifeline. She was so anxious that she had lost her usual composure and rushed towards the high priest...
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